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MEFAIT NEGLIGENCE [1 record]

Record 1 2015-05-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Tort Law (common law)
CONT

It was of little moment whether trespassory harm or nuisance was occasioned by intentional or negligent misconduct, so long as the primitive requirements of causation were satisfied and the loss was of a kind for which the law was prepared to grant redress in accordance with the prevailing standards of a socially and economically undeveloped community.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit des délits (common law)

Spanish

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